Which names were on the move?

Every year since 1996, two names have been top of the official UK favourite baby names list: Jack for a boy and Chloe for a girl. In fact, the top choices have remained remarkably consistent over the previous five years, with Jack, Thomas, James, Joshua and Daniel always in the top five for boys, and Chloe, Emily and Megan firm favourites for girls, with Jessica, Charlotte, Sophie and Lauren also popular.

Did the sudden fame of Harry Potter, the wizard schoolboy, help Harry into the top ten boys' names for the first time? (The name did not appear on the list at all between 1944 and 1994.)

Despite the high profile of the Madonna/Ritchie and Beckham families, there's not a Rocco or Brooklyn in sight! In Scotland, the top four boys' names (Jack, Lewis, Ryan and Cameron) were the same as in 1999. There was also little change for the girls, with only one newcomer, Hannah, up two places to 10th. Lower down the chart, Beth (32nd) and Leah (35th equal) both rose by over twenty places.

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